- In-
- In- In- ([i^]n-). [See {In}, prep. Cf. {Em-}, {En-}.] A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.